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St Paul's, Canterbury, September 16 1865

St Paul's, Canterbury, September 16 1865

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State Library of New South Wales

[a966056 / PXC 295, 55]

(Mitchell Library)

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Urban growth in the Cooks River valley

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Martens, Conrad

State Library of New South Wales

Urban growth in the Cooks River valley

Urbanisation, industry and pollution transformed the once lush Aboriginal hunting grounds and picturesque locale of the Cooks River valley into the inner city suburban sprawl we know today

Anglican

Religious building

St Paul's Anglican church Canterbury

Sandstone church in the Gothic style constructed on part of the Canterbury estate donated by Sophia Campbell.

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Canterbury

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Inner-western suburb bisected by the Cooks River which was a hub of industry during the nineteenth century. The area's first land grant was to the Rev. Richard Johnson, Chaplain of the First Fleet, who named it as a tribute to Canterbury in England.